{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          05-May-2003

{description}   KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Commercial ITA Biomedical
                Experiments payload retrieved from debris of Columbia is being
                dismantled at KSC. Inside are several experiments carried on
                mission STS-107 that will be removed and transferred to alternate
                containers. One experiment, the Growth of Bacterial Biofilm on
                Surfaces during Spaceflight (GOBBSS), was a Planetary Society-
                sponsored astrobiology experiment developed by the Israeli
                Aerospace Medical Institute and the Johnson Space Center
                Astrobiology Center, with joint participation of an Israeli and a
                Palestinian student. The recovery team includes Eran Schenker of
                the Israeli Aerospace Medical Institute; David Warmflash of JSC,
                John Cassanto of ITA, and Louis Friedman, executive director of
                the Planetary Society. The GOBBSS material will be sent to JSC
                where the science team will analyze the samples, studying the
                effects of spaceflight on bacterial growth.

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